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Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) joined Jesse Watters on Thursday night to discuss the arrogant and misguided Dr. Fauci. Rand Paul, a medical doctor and US Senator, has never hesitated to call out Dr. Fauci on his numerous lies and dangerous policies. On Thursday Senator Paul weighed in on Dr. Fauci’s exit tour. Senator Rand Paul: There is no public figure or public health figure who has made a greater error in judgment than Dr. Fauci. The error in judgment was to fund gain of function rsearch in a totalitarian country. Fund research that allowed them to create super viruses that...

Lawyer Alan Dershowitz has accused Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of using tactics from the Ku Klux Klan "playbook" to "intimidate the jury" in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. In a televised interview with Newsmax, Dershowitz likened Waters' actions to that of the KKK in the "1920s and 1930s." "The Klan would march outside of courthouses and threaten all kinds of reprisals if the jury ever dared convict a white person or acquit a black person," he said. **SNIP** Dershowitz said, "First of all, the judge should have granted the motion for a mistrial based on the efforts of Congresswoman Waters...

Renowned defense attorney and Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Tuesday that the conviction of former Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd should be overturned on appeal because of the public intimidation of the jury and the judge’s refusal to sequester the jury. Dershowitz noted the “outside influence” of people like Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), who encouraged unrest at a protest on Saturday night in nearby Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, if there was no murder conviction in the case. Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of all of the charges in the case — second-degree...

Alan Dershowitz told Newsmax that believes what Derek Chauvin did to George Floyd was morally inexcusable, but also believes the case should be reversed on appeal and explains why: "Well first, what was done to George Floyd by Officer Chauvin was inexcusable morally. But the verdict is very questionable because of the outside influences from people like Al Sharpton and Maxine Waters. Their threats and intimidation and hanging the ‘Sword of Damocles’ over the jury – basically saying that if you don’t convict on the murder charge, or all the charges, the cities will burn, the country will be destroyed...

In what could be a way of lowering expectations for next Thursday's big economic speech, aides to President Obama are privately spreading word that he will not present his entire jobs plan in his address to a Joint Session of Congress. Aides say Thursday's speech will be part of a bigger plan the White House will roll out throughout the fall with the president hitting the road for speeches and town hall appearances. Aides have already confirmed that Obama will be traveling to California, Colorado, and Washington state for one three-day swing later this month that will include economic events...

If you want to play with the stars, get a toy dog. Adam Edwards examines the soaring popularity of the miniature four-legged fashion accessory A dog is the new designer accessory. Not the slobbering, tail-wagging, stick-retrieving mutt that would chase rather than grace a catwalk. But the canine arm-candy with gobstopper eyes and a sherbet-fountain sneeze that fits neatly into a Fendi baguette handbag. The toy dog, in particular the Chihuahua (named after the Mexican state), is the latest fashion to cross the Atlantic. Sales have rocketed in Britain in the past two years, while the cost of buying one...

Dean on Bush's Speech to the UN 9/19/2006 1:28:00 PM To: National Desk, Political Reporter Contact: Stacie Paxton or Mark Paustenbach, 202-863-8148, both of the Democratic National Committee WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement on President Bush's address today to the United Nations General Assembly in New York: "Today we heard more of the same rhetoric from a desperate President Bush who is worried more about his party's political prospects this November than about how to protect America and fight and win the real war on terror. The president's freedom...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 07, 2006 CONTACT: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider 202-226-7616 Pelosi Statement on June's Tepid Jobs Report Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in response to the tepid jobs report that showed only 121,000 new jobs created in June, while real wages have remained stagnant over the last three years. Growth in payroll employment has been anemic under the Bush Administration, averaging only 42,000 per month compared to job growth of 237,000 per month under the Clinton Administration. Below are Pelosi’s statement and a chart showing how Republicans have turned their backs...

Ten years ago, with eager support from the Clinton administration, Congress enacted the so-called Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) act. That measure created a federally enforced “no-protest” zone around abortion “clinics.” Under FACE, protesters who obstruct access to abortuaries can be prosecuted for federal offenses. The same is not true of radical environmentalists, union activists, or other political protesters who commit acts of violence, vandalism, or obstruction targeting businesses other than the abortion industry. FACE is akin to a Bill of Attainder, an unconstitutional measure singling out one specific group of people for special punishment. U.S. District Judge...

CONGRESSIONAL NEGOTIATORS DELIVER LUMP-OF-COAL INTEL BILL TO 9/11 FAMILIES FOR CHRISTMAS; But Tancredo, House Conservatives Claim Partial Victory in Securing Bush Commitment on Addressing Driver’s License Issue Next Year WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) expressed disappointment with the conference report on the intelligence bill after negotiators on the bill stripped key border security provisions approved by the House of Representatives in October from the bill. Tancredo had been a leader in the effort to retain the provisions – recommended by the 9/11 Commission – executing a parliamentary maneuver prior to the Thanksgiving recess temporarily thwarting efforts to...

To: National Desk, Political Reporter Contact: Chad Clanton or Phil Singer, _________, both of Kerry-Edwards 2004 WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In response to today's outrageous attacks on John Kerry's service by Karl Rove, former Georgia Senator Max Cleland and former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey made the following statements Senator Max Cleland: "Karl Rove was behind it all, it's part of his smear campaign to tarnish to tarnish the records and service of Vietnam Veterans, and now he's doing it again. I find it interesting that three different people have had to resign from basically the Bush Campaign and...